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3. - $100 What is political socialization? C1-$100 How Americans acquire political attitudes and forms values and opinions about the political system

4. - $200 Define coattails C1-$200 The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the presence on the ticket of a more popular candidate

5. - $300 What was McCulloch v. Maryland? C1-$300 1819--The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.

6. - $400 Which court case established the “one man, one vote?” C1-$400 Baker v. Carr; Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population

7. - $500 What was established/disputed in Shaw v. Reno? C1-$500 NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.

8. - $100 In the United States, a two party-system has _______ existed C2-$100 Always

9. - $200 Define ticket splitting C2-$200 It is when a voter chooses the presidential nominee of one major party, but chooses congressional nominees of the other major party

10. - $300 Which event(s) shook the relationship between the media and politicians? C2-$300 The Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal

11. - $400 The media seem to have the least effect in terms of C2-$400 How people vote

12. - $500 Thousands of PACS were created to raise funds for candidates after which act? C2-$500 The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974

13. - $100 Which type of election is used in the majority of states to select party nominees for public office? C3-$100 A closed primary

14. - $200 What is the best description of independent voting in the United States? C3-$200 The percentage of American voters identifying themselves as "independents" has increased in recent years

15. - $300 Which state holds a caucus, not a primary election , to select party nominees for the presidency…and is also the first to have ever held a caucus? C3-$300 Iowa

16. - $400 What is the name of the group that would most likely be criticized by those who feel that the presidential election process is not democratic enough? C3-$400 The Electoral College

17. - $500 When President Herbert Hoover and the Republicans were crushed in  the election of 1932, voters were responding to the severity of the Great  Depression under Hoover's presidency by what type of voting? C3-$500 Retrospective Voting

18. - $100 Whose vote can break a tie in the House? C4-$100 The Vice President, who is the President of the House

19. - $200 What can divided party control of the Congress cause? C3-200 Congressional Gridlock

20. - $300 A bill to raise taxes would first be referred to the C3-$300 House- Ways and Means Committee

21. - $400 After a House committee reviews a bill and writes its report, the bill goes to the C3-$400 The House Rules Committee

22. - $500 In which way is Congress representative of the American people? C3-$500 It is substantively representative, not descriptively

23. - $100 What is an interest group? C4-$100 An organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims.

24. - $200 Since the 1960s, the number of interest groups has C4-$200 Risen rapidly

25. - $300 The free-rider problem refers to C4-$300 potential members of a group failing to join the actual group, as they know they will receive the same benefits whether they are active members or not.

26. - $400 According to James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 1, the way to prevent any one group from having too much power is to C4-$400 Increase the scope and number of groups

27. - $500 According to ________ theorists, interest groups compete and counterbalance one another in the political marketplace C4-$500 Pluralist

28. - $100 Define checks and balances C4-$100 System in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches

29. - $200 Define block grant C4-$200 Funds granted to the states for a broadly defined purpose. Shift resources to states, so as to contribute to growing number of state & local government employees.

30. - $300 Define hyperpluralist theory C4-$300 The theory that governmenttpolicy is weakened and often contradictory because there are so many competing interest groups.

31. - $400 Define Iron Triangle C4-$400 An alliance among an administrative agency, an interest group, and a congress. committee. Each member provides key services, information, or policy for others.

32. - $500 Define senatorial courtesy C4-$500 An unwritten tradition whereby the Senate will not confirm nomination for lower c positions that are occupied by a senator of the President’s own party from the state that nomination is to serve.